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R. SANFORD HOOK.

No. 386,850. Patented July 81, 1888.

(No Model.)

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RICHARD SANFORD, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,850, dated July 31,1888,

Application filed April .2, 1888. Serial No. 269,300.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Brennan SANFORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Provi deuce, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Hooks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved garmenthook designed moreespecially for suspending a stiff hat, when not in use, in such a manneras to avoid the liability of its falling or becoming disarranged, aswith the usual suspension-hooks; and it consists, essentially, ofa hookhaving an inturned end made to conform substantially to the shape of therim of a hat and provided with a brace-piece for the under portion ofthe hatrim to bear against, and further provided with means whereby thehook may be secured to any article of furniture or the like as n fixtureor temporarily suspended therefrom, all as will be hereinafter morefully described.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved device. Fig. 2 is anend view of the same. Fig. 3 represents the same as adjusted to the rimof a hat in position for use. Fig. 4 represents a side sectional view ofa hat, showing my improved hook secured to the sweatband in the interiorof the hat when not in use. Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of myimproved device. Fig. 6 represents a like view of the same adapted to besecured as a fixture.

In carrying out my improvement the hook A is made from any suitablematerial, metal being preferred, and is nickeled, japanncd, or otherwisesuitably finished and decorated to suit the requirements of the trade.

In the present instance the hook is made from a strip of metal doubledat the center of its length, the doubled portion being a brace, 1),against which the lower face of the rim of the hat rests when suspendedfrom the hook.

(N0 model.)

The upper portions of the doubled portion are bent in oppositedirections, the one forming the hook 0 being an inverted- U shape,whereby the hook is suspended from any article of furniture or the like,either permanently or otherwise. The opposite end of the hook is bentoutward and then inturned upward, as at I), being of substantially theshape of the turned rim of a hat, the end a bearing on the inner portionof said rim, the complete device being shown in Figs. 1 and 5 of thedrawings.

The doubled or brace portion of the hook may be provided with a curvedspring, a, as shown in Fig. 2, by means of which the hook, when not inuse, may be conveniently carried in the interior of a hat, as shown inFig. 4, the sweat-band of the hat being pressed between said spring aand the brace Z). The hook is thus always at hand when required.

The end of the hook at 0 may be sharpened, as in Fig. 1, whereby thehook is readily attached or suspended from said penetrable ma terial. Atthe same time it can be used to equal advantage to be suspended from arod, as'in a window-fixture and the like.

If desired, the hook portion 1) may be conr bined with an ordinarygarment-hook and be permanently secured as a fixture, as shown in Fig.6.

In use the front or narrow portion of the hat-rim, as at Z, is passedinto the hook I), the end a of said hook bearing on the inner portion ofsaid rim. The hat is then turned laterally 011 the hook, carrying therim around until the side portion or side of said rim rests in the hook,the under portion of the rim resting against the brace b, as shown inFig. 3. The rim of the hat, being widest at this point. will wedge inthe hook I), between the end a and the brace I), and thus the hat isfirmly retained in position on said hook.

My improved hook is admirably adapted for suspending hats for display,as in a shop-window, but is especially designed for use in places whereit would be otherwise inconvenient to suspend them, as the end 0 can bereadily hooked over many articles of fixtures, furniture, and the like,where it would be impossible to hang a hat in the usual manner.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. The garment-hook hereindescribed, comprising the brace portion 1), provided with the hook c,and on the opposite side thereof with the hook portion 7). having anintnrned end,

5 a, formed as described, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The hook A, herein described, comprising the brace portion 1),provided with the

